The Congo’s Genocide, War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity Act (1998) states that statutes of limitation do not apply with regard to the prosecution and repression of war crimes or with regard to the pronounced penalty. 

In 1967, during a debate in the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly on the question of the punishment of war criminals and of persons who have committed crimes against humanity, the Congo stated: “There could be no statutory limitation in the case of war crimes and crimes against humanity.”